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CPC Main Group
B41M 1/00

Inking and printing with a printer's forme

10 direct subcodes

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  • B41M 1/10 Intaglio printing
  • B41M 1/22 Metallic printing; Printing with powdered inks
  • B41M 1/24 combined with embossing (printing machines for carrying out printing operations combined with embossing B41F19/02)
  • B41M 1/40 Printing on bodies of particular shapes, e.g. golf balls, candles, wine corks
  • B41M 1/42 Printing without contact between forme and surface to be printed, e.g. by using electrostatic fields

Top Applicants

Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class B41, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 8,446
  2. SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION JP 8,438
  3. HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY US 7,828
  4. CANON JP 5,419
  5. CANON 4,156
  6. BROTHER INDUSTRIES JP 3,763
  7. BROTHER INDUSTRIES 2,779
  8. RICOH COMPANY JP 2,717
  9. FUJIFILM JP 2,423
  10. RICOH COMPANY 1,739